Baby backs smoked with hickory/cherry combo

[Angie H.]

A gorgeous Saturday afternoon here so threw some baby backs on old smokey. Minion method, 1/3 chimney unlit and 10 lit briquettes on top. My usual wood for ribs is apple but this time I used one chunk of hickory wood and three small chunks cherry wood in the coals. On the smoker rubbed down with Bone Suckin' rub.

Took about 35 mins to come up to 275 and after some fluctuating she settled in at 277 and went between there and 285 for the cook.

After 2 hours and I was pretty pleased with the bark.

A squeeze of honey, sprinkle of brown sugar and honey on both sides they are all ready to go back on the smoker wrapped tight in foil for an hour.

After one hour, pulled back the foil did the toothpick test for doneness, they were good to go so I sauced them up with some Sweet Baby Ray's original.

Dinner is served! Now time for me to kick back with a big glass of red wine and game 7 of Blackhawks vs. Ducks. Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[DCloin]

Great looking ribs Angie, thanks for sharing the pics with us.

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Wow, awesome ribs and sides Angie!

 

[Craig Alumbaugh]

Ribs look mighty tasty Angie

 

[Angie H.]

Thanks guys! These ribs were very, very tasty they had the right amount of bite and the smoke flavor was perfect. I was happy. My next rib cook is going to be a St. Louis cut I picked up from the grocery store for a good price, after memorial day sale I think. I don't have much of an idea how to smoke that cut yet. Suggestions are welcome.

 

[Enrico Brandizzi]

Those bones look super from here!

 

[JRAiona]

Great looking ribs Angie.

 

[ChuckO]

Now that's some killer ribs, nicely done!

 

[Barb D]

Those are some awesome looking ribs great job. Welcome to the forum Angie your going to love it.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Got three racks of SL ribs in the freezer after seeing yours there's only going to be two shortly. Nice cook!

 

[Tim McCann]

Looks great Angie!

 

[Kemper Morris]

Good job Angie

 

[Angie H.]

Looks great Angie!

Thanks Tim and Go Hawks! I will be cheering for them to take home the Cup!

 

[Angie H.]

Thanks for the compliments everyone! I soaked in a lot of great information for my time of being quiet in the sidelines on this forum and am glad I finally got confident enough to post pics of my cooks.

 

[Matt Rector]

Great looking ribs Angie, they look so moist!

 

[Doug Selman]

Job well done, ribs look very good, and welcome to the forum Angie. I would cook those StL the same way, they may just take a little longer, but not much.

 

[Robert McGee]

Angie;
Those ribs look about "as good as it gets"!! Good job all 'round!

Keep on smokin',
Dale53

 

[Dave/G]

Minion method, 1/3 chimney unlit and 10 lit briquettes on top.
Do you mean 1/3 charcoal ring full with 10 lit on top? 1/3 chimney plus 10 would be about 40 briquettes. Am I missing something?

 

[Angie H.]

Minion method, 1/3 chimney unlit and 10 lit briquettes on top.
Do you mean 1/3 charcoal ring full with 10 lit on top? 1/3 chimney plus 10 would be about 40 briquettes. Am I missing something?

Dave, yes the charcoal ring was filled about 1/3 full of unlit briquettes and then I added 10 lit briquettes on top of that. Thanks for pointing that out! Sorry for the late reply, I hadn't checked on this post for a few days.